Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-09-15
JUDGE WAxEM ABROAD.
He Arrives in the Land of the German
Vote, but Writes of Switzerland.

Especial correspondence
MUNICH Germany, Aug. 23.-Dear Ed
ditor: Here we air in the land of beer
and the German vote, and onct agin feel
like l was treddin' my nativ sile. 1t is
trew we haint a powerful influx of Ger
mans in Wayback, but the German vote
rammifys and prevades the sperrit Of
EVERY American statesman to such an
extent that whenever he gets among that
nationality and heres Their languidge he
instinktively puts out his hand fer a
shake and says "swi beer" l newer
could understand this peculyairity of our
perfession, but have alters observed that
it was purity necrly as unniversle as the
desire of ofiise is. We left Switzerland
with menny regrets, and Mandy was per-
tickerly sorry to go, for she felt so easy
thar on my account.
Bash" she used to say to me most
every mornin as she stood before the
lookin glass slickin up fer breakfast and
kinder takin a servay of her lectures,
"these Switzerland wimmin amt mulch
purifier to look at than our home made
variaty. air they, and they amt got hat
the stile and the git up that ourn has2
Mcbbe faint fer me to say it, Bash, bu.
Switzerland fer a social spell and eff
wouldent show the wimmin here flew
pnts, then my name amt Mandy
WaXem."
AS we was ridin along through the
country the other day on the stage, and
home was the last place I was thinkin
about Mandy gin me little nudge in the
short ribs and pinted out farm house
about 100 yards from the road
Look thar, Bash" she says, in pow
erful pleased way, "Look thar Amt that
the sweetest placel Thar's hollyhocks,
| and princess fethers, snd merigold, and
red pinks growing along the walk, and
some sunfowers in the corner of the gar
den, and thar's a pig, and COW and calf,
and q dog on the doorstep, and lot Of
chickens, and children, and a woman at
work in the back yard! Amt it like
home?'
The seen was truly rooral and very
much like we had in Wayback, and was
glad Mandy enjoyed it, but l don't, my
self like the arrangements of these fur
rim farmers houses, which air little
wuss in Switzerland than anywhairs else.
They hav stable, cow house and pig pen,
parler, kitchng and bedroom all under
one roof, and | hav smelt some portions Of
Switzerland scenery long afore hav saw
it. | hav saw NANNY Swiss houses with
the front door and Stabel door not six foot
apart, and one woman would be dustin
and cleanin the front room, while the
other would be cleanin out the stable.
Thar don't seem to be no class distinction
between chambermaids and stablemaids,
though, and Mandy says it is OWN to the
republican form of government pervailin.
notiSt one thing in Their houses though,
that | liked, and that was the firewood
oveccoat they put on EN- in winter That
Ia to say, they saw the wood up in IL inch
lenths and pile it end on all round Their
houses, clcer to the big wide ewes, tharby
maxim IS inches extra thickness of wall
TO keep out the cold. BY the time they
burn the wall off it is time to do without
fires, and thus do we see Natur assertin
of herself in architectural art.
A man newer knows the reel value OF
wife tell he goes travlin in furrin parts,
and eff it had not been fer Mandy would
hay missed seein some sights in Italy l
can hereafter refer TO with plesure Euro
plan churches most all has high towers
and on all of them, speshally in Italy,
thar is a sine up to the effect that one
person cant 20 up by himself, but fer a
few senteems he might hire another per-
son to go along, and the man at the dore
would show you the one to hire At fust,
l thought it was skeem to defrawd the
unwary Wayhacker, and take him in, but
l hay discovered sence that it is fer per
venting men from jumpin off of the top in
a fatle manner. I've been stopped severl
times, but on apeerin later with Mandy
on my arm, no objections has been offered
to my going up as fer as the lmmits OF
the tower would premit Onct was
Coin to thrash the janiter for suposin that
a member of congress jist reelected
would CONT suiside, but ! refraned wher
it occurred to me that while my looks was
excellent eydense, the janiter was justifa
bic in not KNOWN eXakly whether was
a congressman or some other distinguished
and representative man.
W. Q. WAxEM.